Open-mindedness comes with lack of judgment. As judgment shuts the mind against God’s Teacher, so openmindedness invites Him to come in.…
How do the open-minded forgive? They have let go all things that would prevent forgiveness. They have in truth abandoned the world, and let it be restored to them in newness and in joy so glorious they could never have conceived of such a change. Nothing is now as it was formerly. Nothing but sparkles now which seemed so dull and lifeless before. And above all are all things welcoming, for threat is gone. No clouds remain to hide the face of Christ. (A Course in Miracles M-4.X.1:2-3;2:1-7)
Waking up comes down to simply breaking an old habit — the habit of judging what everything means. Fortunately, we don’t have to stick with the old habit. Even though our initial response in the moment might come from the old habit of judgment, we are always free to step back from judgment and open our minds to another way of seeing. This is the process of forgiveness.
As we let go of judgment, a world of happiness and peace, of loving union, replaces the constant need to protect and strive. With open-mindedness, we are shown that we have everything we need — we have all the Love of God. There is nothing else. Today our practice is to hold our minds open to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing.
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